Category Archives: Business Briefs

Collaborative workshop in Rye Ivy Eisenberg, a leading innovation consultant and founder of the White Plains-based Our IdeaWorks, LLC, will host “Connect 2 Innovate 2 Grow,” an innovation workshop for business or organization leaders at Serendipity Labs, Inc., in Rye on Thursday, April 16 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eisenberg, an accomplished innovation process […]

NYPA adds senior VP Kristine Pizzo, formerly an executive at Columbia University, has joined the New York Power Authority, NYPA, as senior vice president of Human Resources. Pizzo will oversee all employee benefits, programs, services and talent development at the Power Authority, which has 1,700 employees in New York State, including 600 at its administrative […]

Stark Office Suites celebrates 10 years in business Stark Office Suites has been providing premium turn-key office space and high-end amenities for professionals and entrepreneurs in the Metropolitan New York area for a decade. Ten years of continued success and business innovation has positioned Stark as the premier provider of executive office suites for entrepreneurs […]

Jocelyn Dillon joins Prudential Centennial Realty Jocelyn Dillon has recently joined Prudential Centennial Realty as a licensed salesperson. The announcement was made by President/Principal RE Broker, Prudential Centennial Realty Mark Nadler. Dillon will be responsible for residential real estate sales in Southern Westchester. Dillon’s years in the business world shapes her approach to representing buyers […]

Westmed receives National Recognition for cancer care Westmed Medical Group has been recognized by the Quality Oncology Practice Initiative Certification Program, an affiliate of the American Society of Clinical Oncology This is a three-year certification for outpatient hematology-oncology practices that meet the highest standards for quality cancer care. Westmed is the only oncology practice in […]

Harrison resident elected Power Authority vice president Last week, the New York Power Authority trustees elected Justin E. Driscoll as NYPA executive vice president and general counsel. In that capacity, he will serve as chief legal officer of the statewide public power utility, which owns and operates 16 hydroelectric and clean natural-gas-fueled power plants, more […]

Mary Jo Jacobs joins USI Insurance New York metro office USI Insurance Services, LLC’s New York metropolitan office welcomes to the brokerage Vice President Employee Benefits Advisor Mary Jo Jacobs. With more than 25 years of experience in human resources, Jacobs will apply her benefits knowledge to serve as a producer at USI. For nearly […]

Avon back in New Rochelle Avon, the company for women is back in New Rochelle. The global beauty company with more than $8 billion in annual revenue markets to women in over 100 countries. The Avon brand has been around 127 years. Linda Ruggiero, Avon recruiter and New Rochelle resident, has set up shop in […]

Larchmont Lions welcome two new members Two new members were inducted into the Larchmont Lions Club, a local chapter of the largest service organization in the world, on May 4. Approximately 1.37 million members in 46,000 Lions clubs in 208 countries are united globally in fighting eye diseases, blindness and measles as well as supplying […]

Jeffrey Gerson named to Barron’s top 1,200 financial advisors Morgan Stanley announced Jeffrey Gerson, executive director, senior portfolio management director and wealth advisor in the firm’s Penn Plaza wealth management office, has been named to Barron’s list of America’s “Top 1,200 Advisors: 2014 State-by-State.” The “Barron’s Top 1,200 Advisors” is a select group of individuals […]